Week In Review: June 25th

The Statistical Wife and I are getting pumped for the USA-Ghana game tomorrow. Whatever World Cup team you’re partial to (after the USA, I confess to having a soft spot for Holland), here’s a recap of what’s been going on here at Statistical Skier this week. A little light reading between soccer games, perhaps…

I explained why F-factors are such a terriblesolution to the problem of FIS point discrepancies between interval and mass start races and provided a better one myself. (Anyone from FIS reading this?)

The results of my reader poll came in and you chose to see how Bjoern Daehlie fared against Thomas Alsgaard, head-to-head. If you voted for someone else, don’t worry! This will be a regular feature…

After reading short report from Nat Herz at Fasterskier.com about biathlete Tim Burke’s offseason training plans, I delved into his career skiing and shooting stats a bit.